MUSICAL LANGUAGE

The qualities of sound

Music is the art of combining sound and silence in a creative way. All sounds have got different qualities.

Questions bag Observe, read and learn how sound is produced. Talk about it in class.

Nature is full of sounds.

Therefore, absolute silence doesn’t exist.

Any sound that we hear has four qualities: duration, timbre, pitch, and intensity.

Silence is the absence of sound.

Everything around us vibrates when moving or when coming into contact with other bodies.

Sound travels in waves through air, water, and some other mediums.

Our ear detects these waves, identifies their qualities and creates an auditory sensation in the brain.